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Ive just bought a Denon 550 and a Panasonic PW7BX and Im having problems with the correct setup between these two components and a Sky digital box. The Plasma has 1 component and 1 scart board installed only.

1; The pictures are great but I can not access the on- screen menus for the amp i.e. no output to the Plasma.
2; The amp also does not control the switching between the components except the DVD.
3; I was expecting the amp to be the control centre like my old Sony DAV500!
4; Tried connecting the Skys S video out to the amps S-Video in but it doesnt do anything!

Ive got a feeling that I need to connect the amp to the plasma via a monitor output but the plasma has no monitor input, hence no on screen menus etc. Any ideas on what Im doing wrong here? If this was a normal TV then it would be simple but Im a bit lost on this due to only having 1 component/scart board on the TV!

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i see from all the responses, everyone is upset with denon questions. Oh well, one can at least try. Shame, there seems to be many people here with the expertise but are unwilling to share their wisdom. Never mind, hope they never get a job in IT!

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2; The amp also does not control the switching between the components except the DVD.

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I think whats happening is you want to connect all your gear to the amp the from amp to plasma. this can be done but you need an amp with upconversion of video signal and by the look's of it it dosnt do this. so you cant do it basically. all you can do is loop through so anything connected to the amp must be component then the plasma will accept this as no conversion is needed. you may be able get to get away with a RGB to component converter and connect this to the amp for what ever component is needed ir sky box. hope this helps